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Why thin driver is preferred for JDBC?

Thin driver directly converts the JDBC calls into vendor database specific protocols without any intermediate transformation. It is implemented using Java.

Advantages: faster performance compared to the other drivers.

Disadvantages: database specific and hence dependent on type of database.

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